Wagon-gear.



M. KLOPP.

WAGON GEAR. APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 27, 1912.

1,123,894, Patented Jan.5, 1915.

WTTED %TAT% ATENT @FFTCE WAGON-GEAR.

Application filed November 27, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lllioi-mni. Know, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Gears, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wagon gears.

The object of my invention is to provide a neat, simple, efiicient, inexpensive and durable wagon gear for spring wagons which is so constructed as to eliminate all wooden parts which so often become decayed and thereby render the gear useless and expensive to keep in repair.

Heretofore wagon gears have been constructed in the main part of wood and had to be reinforced with iron forgings bolted to the wood. In this type gear the wood invariably becomes decayed especially at the point of contact with the metal forgings and renders repairing difiicult and produces an expensive gear to maintain in proper condition. The improved gear which Ihave invented is designed to overcome this disadvantage and is constructed of channeled metal, with fewer parts thereby making it neater in appearance, eliminating all unnecessary joints and producing a lighter weight gear.

My invention consists in certain parts, combination of parts and details of construction as will hereinafter be set forth and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of a wagon gear constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end elevational view of same. Fig. at is a fragmentary perspective View of the end of one of the hounds showing the manner of attaching same to the futchell. Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view taken through the hound showing a spacing sleeve employed in my invention. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the channeled futchell employed in my invention. Fig. 7 is a cross. sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings 1 represents the channeled futchell constructed of metal and bent at its rear end to form substantially a semi-circle 2. It will be noted that the futchell extends the entire length of the gear by constructing it in this way which is desirableto obtain Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 5, 1915.

Serial No. 733,747.

the maximum amount of strength and further to eliminate the necessity of any joints at the rear of the futchell.

he futchell is provided with tongues 3 at the ends thereof which are riveted -or welded to the channeled metal splinter bar 4 which extends across the front end of the futchell. The hounds 5 are constructed of channeled metal and extend from a point adjacent the semi-circle on the futchell to a point just beyond the splinter bar 4:. The hounds 5 are provided with tongues 6 which are riveted or welded to the futchell and form a secure fastening for the hounds at their point of connection with the futchell. The channel in the futchell preferably faces toward the center of the gear to produce a more finished appearance on the outside of same. The splinter bar is arched as shown in Fig. 3 so as to pass over the ends of the hounds which are bolted to the splinter bar by bolts 7. The hounds are so positioned as to form the pocket 8 for the wagon pole at the front portion of the gear and preferably diverge toward each end from a point near the center of the gear. The construction of the hounds as shown produces a pocket for the wagon pole which is free from screws and bolts. The bounds are preferably provided with wood fillers 9 at the front portion to add to the appearance of the gear.

The splinter bar is provided with the usual hound iron 10 which is provided with the shackles 11 for the springs to be attached thereto. The hound iron 10 is preferably bolted to the splinter bar and passes under the hounds 5 to which it is also attached. The gear is provided at its rear end with a block 12 which is fastened by means of clips to the cross spring of the wagon as shown in Fig. 7. The block 12 is mounted on the under side of the futchell and hounds and is securely bolted thereto. Channeled metal cross supports are provided near the center of the gear as shown at 13 and are mounted transversely thereon. The cross supports 13 are provided with wooden fillers 14: to give a proper bearing for the fifth wheel 15 there being one at the top of the gear and one at the bottom fastened securely to the hounds and futchell by bolts 16. It will be noted that the wooden filler 1-1 in the upper cross support is exposed along the top surface of the cross support thereby forming a perfect bearing for the bolster plate 17 and eliminating the bearing of metal against metal, which is not desirable on this important element of the gear. llhe lower cross support 13 has its wooden filler exposed on its upper side so that the bolts passing therethrough have a proper bearing on the metal at the bottom.

In order to form a proper bearing for the fifth wheel it is. necessary to provide segmental blocks 18 also made of channeled metal and having wooden fillers exposed at the top thereof. The segmental blocks are preferably bolted by means of bolts passing through the fifth wheel and hounds and if desired may extend over far enough to be fastened to the futchell.

Wherever a bolt passes through the channeled metal a sleeve 19 is placed thereon be tween the flanges or sides of the channeled metal, provided however, that the channeled metal is not already provided with a wooden filler at that particular point (Fig. This sleeve acts as a support for the sides of the channeled metal. Thus it is seen that I provide a gear made entirely of metal with the exception of a few wooden fillers which are protected by t e flanges or sides of the metal channels. It is also seen that by constructing the futchell out of one piece of material that the entire gear is made stronger than the ordinary wooden ones now being used.

The different channeled metal parts of the gear can be so securely fastened together that they will form a practically endless construction of channeled steel which will carry an enormous weight.

Certain modifications of my invention can be made without departing from its spirit and scope and I do not wish to be confined to the exact details shown.

What ll claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a wagon gear, the combination with a futchell made of one piece of channeled metal bent at its middle portion to form the rear part of the gear, of channeled metal hounds having tongues at the ends thereof adapted to be fastened to the futchell at the rear and to a channeled metal splinter bar at the front to which the futchell is also adapt ed to be fastened, and intermediate channeled metal cross supports above and below the hounds and futchell forming a bearing for a fifth wheel, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a wagon gear, a channeled metal futchell made of one piece of material bent to form a small curve at the rear of the gear and to form the sides of said gear, said sides diverging from the said curved portion toward the front of the gear, a channeled metal splinter bar to which the futehell is fastened at the front of said gear, channeled metal hounds diverging from the center of the gear toward both ends thereof and adapted to be fastened to the futchell at the rear curved portion thereof, and fastened to the splinter bar at the front of said gear, and intermediate channeled metal cross supports connecting said futchell and hounds and forming a bearing for a fifth wheel.

MICHAEL KLOPP. l Vitnesses OWEN N. KINNEY, OLIVER W. SHARMAN.

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Washington, D. G. 

